Zhongwei Li

Associate Professor at USC. My laboratory builds kidney tissues from human stem cells for regenerative medicine and drug discovery.

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

@KSusztak @theNAMedicine @PennMedicine Congratulations, Katalin!

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

@rkramann @ASNKidney Congratulations! Well deserved!

[USC @USC]

100K+ Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant. @USCStemCell researchers are growing lab-based kidney structures that mimic how real kidneys filter & function. https://t.co/0sEnBegpG6

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

@JenniferALewis1 Thank you, Jennifer!

[Pedro Medina @Pmed27]

By applying our understanding of kidney development, we were able to recapitulate some of the major renal organogenesis in vitro in our new human kidney progenitor assembloid! You can appreciate how the assembloid self-organizes in vitro!
@LiLab_Kidney https://t.co/H0u5kUsUQz

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

We have published in Nature Protocols a detailed protocol of our human nephron progenitor cell differentiation and expansion technology that we described last year in @CellStemCell. Hope this is helpful!

[Nature Protocols @NatureProtocols]

New Article! Expansion of human pluripotent stem cell–induced nephron progenitor cells (iNPCs) and the generation of nephron organoids from iNPCs https://t.co/skqWKgm4eW

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

Thank you @ScienceMagazine for highlighting our research progress in this news article.

Scientists make most authentic kidney replicas so far | Science | AAAS https://t.co/S1awdk0f6Z

[Cell Stem Cell @CellStemCell]

Online Now! Spatially patterned kidney assembloids recapitulate progenitor self-assembly and enable high-fidelity in vivo disease modeling https://t.co/IBxG1r5izb #stemcells

[USC Stem Cell @USCStemCell]

In a Cell Stem Cell paper, a team led by Zhongwei Li @KeckSchool_USC combine kidney filtering & urine-concentrating components to make “assembloids,” lab-grown kidney structures for developing new therapies. @USCStemCell @LiLab_Kidney @CellPressNews https://t.co/MowICRrtu0

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

Our newest human kidney assembloid model features the formation of spatially-patterned human nephrons connected to a central collecting system. It exhibits a variety of kidney functions in vitro and in vivo. Online now in Cell Stem Cell: https://t.co/pOojmHNUnh

[Keck School of Medicine of USC @KECKSchool_USC]

A @USCStemCell study, led by @LiLab_Kidney, improved the ability to cultivate nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells that give rise to the kidney's filtration system. https://t.co/zR5Pq2HXC4

[USC Stem Cell @USCStemCell]

A new @USCStemCell study, led by Zhongwei Li's Lab (@LiLab_Kidney), introduces a new and improved way to grow the cells that give rise to the kidney’s filtration system. @AndyMcMahonLab @LindstromLab @ukrocharity @CellPressNews @NIH_CommonFund https://t.co/4qaTwSZEWT

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

In our new Resource Article @CellStemCell we describe an expandable nephron progenitor cell-based kidney organoid platform with broad applications. Unlimited supply of human nephron progenitor cells makes us one step closer to making a synthetic kidney for transplantation.

[Cell Stem Cell @CellStemCell]

Online Now! Long-term expandable mouse and human-induced nephron progenitor cells enable kidney organoid maturation and modeling of plasticity and disease https://t.co/OMvHmmD4bM #stemcells

[Keck School of Medicine of USC @KECKSchool_USC]

Celebrating #WorldKidneyDay with @ukrocharity and Zhongwei Li’s lab @USCStemCell and @KeckSchool_USC. @LiLab_Kidney and colleagues @AndyMcMahonLab, @LindstromLab and @JPetiPeterdi are progressing on generating a transplantable kidney from human stem cells to replace dialysis.

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

Happy to share our new preprint: long-term clonal expansion of nephron progenitor cells (NPCs); genome-wide CRISPR screen in NPCs; nephron organoids with distal tubules; modeling nephron plasticity; rapid modeling and drug screening for PKD…https://t.co/VvUbRZnuq0

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

@AlexKoomz @USCStemCell @LindstromLab @AndyMcMahonLab @AnaNescolarde Thanks for visiting us, Alex and Ana! Inspired by your impressive research process in kidney development and organoid! See you next week at ASN!

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

@CrumpLab Woo, very cool👍

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

@BingfeiY @KECKSchool_USC @uscnorris Welcome to USC!

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

@KSusztak @biorxivpreprint Wow, very cool project! Congrats!

[Zhongwei Li @LiLab_Kidney]

We are hiring! 👇

[USC Stem Cell @USCStemCell]

Apply now for the USC Stem Cell postdoctoral program at https://t.co/gl8LjWihig. Enjoy terrific mentors, a generous stipend and 284+ days of golden California sunshine.